What is modern slavery?
Modern slavery is an international crime affecting an estimated 40.3 million slaves around the world. This growing global issue transcends age, gender and ethnicities. It includes victims trafficked from overseas and vulnerable people in the UK who are forced illegally to work against their will across many different sectors such as agriculture, hospitality, construction, retail and manufacturing. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations supplying goods or services with a turnover of above £36 million to prepare and publish an annual ‘Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement’. The Statement must set out the steps an organisation has taken, if any, during its financial year to ensure that slavery or human trafficking is not taking place in its supply chain.
Our policy
Our policy is to assess and address the risks of violations of anti-human trafficking and anti-modern slavery laws. We adopt procedures that contribute to ensuring modern slavery does not occur in our business or supply chains and we expect organisations with whom we do business to adopt and enforce policies to comply with the legislation.
We ensure:
- our values, which are embedded throughout our business, set the perimeters for how we expect our people to behave with colleagues, clients and the world at large
- we seek to treat everyone fairly and consistently, creating a workplace and business environment that is open, transparent and trusted
- our policies and procedures relating to the Modern Slavery Act are in line with our culture and values.
Our structure and supply chains
1 Direct employee and 1 UK office. Yes Oui Si Ltd has a small new of UK based suppliers, none of which are paid in excess of £2,000 per year.
Our procedures
We have a number of procedures in place that contribute to ensuring modern slavery does not occur in our business or supply chains.
Should Yes Oui Si Ltd. recruit a new employee it shall ensure:
- Robust recruitment processes in line with UK employment laws, including: ‘right to work’ document checks; contracts of employment and checks to ensure everyone employed is 16 and above
- Market-related pay and rewards reviewed annually
- Wellbeing activities and initiatives to support our people’s physical and mental wellbeing and lifestyle choices
Transparency in our supply chains
Yes Oui Si uses only a small number of UK based suppliers and prior to using a new supplier from UK or any other territory then a check is made to ensure that it has a robust policy that complies with the Modern Slavery Act.
The check shall ensure that the supplier has:
- a commitment to collaborate closely with suppliers to help them understand and work towards their own obligations under the Modern Slavery Act
- a Responsible Purchasing Policy, which reflects our commitment to and focus on suppliers’ ethical supply chain(s)
- a Supplier Code of Conduct, used for all new major suppliers of goods or in re-tendering, clearly stating the firm’s intention to step away (without penalty) if any occurrences of modern slavery is discovered and/or ignored.
Staff awareness
Following The Act, we have enabled our people to understand more about this growing issue by setting out the steps taken by the firm as well as guiding them on how to report any suspicions they may come across within business or a personal context. Any employee of Yes Oui Si Ltd. must read the Modern Slavery Act and have appropriate training to ensure the significance Act is fully understand.